Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	266% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 251 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 708 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 96 82% 103 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 98.7 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1221 1122 1137 1077 1051 963 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,097 Write 1,402 Mixed 885 SusWrite 1,095 305% 1,370 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 66.5 256% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 461 437% 708 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 283%
Samsung PM830 256GB 2,468 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 16GB free Firmware: CXM01H1B SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 169 156 162 149 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 460 Write 176 Mixed 258 SusWrite 172 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 28.3 107% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 130 110% 166 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 87 89 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 163 Write 149 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 87.3 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 29.1 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 103%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16